Lenny Dykstra

My colleague Deirdre Woollard has been entertainingly chronicling former baseball star Lenny Dykstra's travails in bankruptcy court. Now it seems the hard-charging athlete-turned-entrepreneur is trying to raise a little ready money by selling off some of his prized possessions. Among the lots at Patrizzi & Co.'s Dec. 14th Exceptional Watchmaking Masterpieces auction in NYC is Dykstra's 18K white gold Patek Philippe (above) made in 2004. The...  

We continue our week-plus look at this year's Sportshuman Of The Year nominees with the athletic embodiment of our financial crisis: Lenny Dykstra. Handsome devil, and charming too. Lenny Dykstra Featured black men on the cover of his magazine. Charged charter flight to his mother's credit card. Hammered by HBO. (Finally.) Filed for bankruptcy. Played dirty. Slept in car. Pawned the rest of his belongings. PREVIOUS NOMINEES Erin Andrews  

As you're aware, brilliant legal mind Lenny Dykstra is representing himself in his "don't call it bankruptcy" bankruptcy case (which has been converted from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation). How are things going so far? Well, Nails has some complaints. First off, why isn't anyone repping for Team Twizzlers? Attorney Leonard Shulman, speaking on behalf of the estate, said, "This is a very sophisticated and complex...  

Lenny Dykstra was lauded for his heroics with the Mets and Philles. After his career, Dykstra became well-known as a post-career athlete success story. Then the truth started coming out... Dykstra's post career exploits included making stock picks and starting a high end magazine targeted towards athletes. Then, in April of this year, it all came crashing down. In separate articles from GQ and ESPN, Dykstra's financial empire was revealed...